According to the latest news on January 28, after nearly half a century of incognito on the run, Satoshi Kirishima, a member of the Japanese extremist organization "East Asian Anti-Japanese Armed Front", who was listed as a wanted criminal by Japan, has been arrested.
Satoshi Kirishima. Satoshi Kirishima, who goes by the pseudonym "Hiroshi Uchida," went to a hospital in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, accompanied by a colleague, due to ill health this month, investigators said. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he has been receiving at the hospital at his own expense**. On Thursday (January 25), the old man suddenly told the paramedics that he had been using a fake identity and that his real identity was a wanted criminal - Satoshi Kirishima. Hospital staff immediately contacted Kanagawa Prefecture**, who in turn notified the Tokyo Police Department.
In front of the hospital where Satoshi Kirishima is located.
The Tokyo Police Department said it planned to go through DNA analysis to confirm his identity. But a source revealed that ** believes that the man is most likely Satoshi Kirishima, because when he described the family situation to **, he revealed some details that only he knew.
According to reports, Satoshi Kirishima is a member of the "East Asian Anti-Japanese Armed Front," a Japanese ultra-left-wing organization. Between 1974 and 1975, the group created a series of ** incidents, launching numerous attacks on Japanese businesses and entities. This includes the August 30, 1974, incident that occurred in front of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters, which killed eight people and injured 165. Satoshi Kirishima was wanted in April 1974 after placing and detonating a *** in a building in Ginza, Tokyo.
For now, the lawsuit against Satoshi Kirishima has been suspended because the other alleged accomplices have fled overseas. However, over the past few years, ** has continued to post wanted notices against Satoshi Kirishima in various public places such as the station to track his whereabouts. However, some clues previously received claiming to have seen Satoshi Kirishima or people similar to him have been "ruled out one by one".
Japan** posted Satoshi Kirishima wanted notices on multiple public occasions.
According to the latest reports, ** said that Satoshi Kirishima has been working incognito for decades at a construction company in Kanagawa. When he was admitted to the hospital, an employee of the company was with him, but neither the company's employer nor his colleagues knew that he might be a fugitive. Sources say an investigation is underway into how he settled in Kanagawa Prefecture and whether anyone helped him escape.
Satoshi Kirishima, who goes by the pseudonym "Hiroshi Uchida," was taken to hospital in January after his condition deteriorated and is currently in "extremely critical condition," a source said. It is reported that when Satoshi Kirishima "turned himself in", he told the medical staff that at the last moment of his life, "I want to die as 'Satoshi Kirishima'." ”
*: Red Star News.